Trolley-wheel and bearing therefor.



` F.. L. MORRIS.

TROLLEY WHEEL AND BEARING THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2B. 191s.

1,269,95 1 Patented June 18, 1918..

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Beit known; that I; FREDERroi;

STONE MORRIS, of the city'5of: Hamilton,r in the county of YlentWorth, intli'eI-rovince of Ontario,iCanada, a subjeetofthe King oi Great Britain, haveinvented certain new and usefull. Improvements-in TrolleyeVVheelsl and BearingsTh`erefor5=of Which-the follow;-

on the bearing axle; willfbe reducedto a minimum and 1therebymaterially iincrease the 'mileageofv .thewheeland consequently decrease the upv keep. further'tol insure the bearings being lubricated to Y a maximum extent]y and. it consists:essentially'` of the. folf4 lowing arrangement-and constructie-trof" parts ashereinafterlmore particularly explained .by the??` following 'specificati-on.

Figure l is a' sectional -V view ythrougha trolley Wheel" and supporting half my bearing. 1 y

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Fig. 3 isa perspective detail of'thefliearfov v y l y l p A o dicates a `recess formedzyin jthe 'endet ,thexf Figv 4; is. a; perspective detail of-the parts ing'sleeve. l f

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In the drawingsflike charajters of refer-*x ence indicate corresponding partsl in' each ligure.v A 4 ,v Y Y 1 indicates a harp 'for supportingfatrolf';

ley Wheel and which issecured in the usual manner to thev upper endofthe trolley pole,`

such harp being-provided With.k the usual-v bearing orifices 2ran`ds3.-v `4 indicates the trolley Wheel comprisingtwo. portions 41 and 42 each provided/in' its interiorv ,face` With undercutV` annular grooves 43 `and `44 which, when the parts'41 and 42 are secured together, form an annular oilchannel concentric With'the center ofthe Wheel. 5 and 6 indicate holes formed centrally through the members 41 and 42,` the innerk endsl of the Walls 5x and 6x of Which are spaced apart formingan annular'in'tervening space 7; Q8

indicates a sleeve providedvvvith lan annular ange 81 centrally of its length. 'The portions'of the sleeve extending from each side" of the annular flange 81 t'into the openings 5 and 6 ,of the trolley Wheel members 41v 'y and Q44.; 9 findieates lloore externdinge-vertiTV cally; doyen-.from ythe 1 outery periphery" .portionrthe upper endl of suclitubefbeing out away; to formi afscoopextending.onte' Wardly from kthe periphery oig'thejdislr L81" throu the` `lia'ngef81 ydiametrically opposit indicates a projeti'onf extending inwar extending longitudin'allykjthereo'fand erm-' A)forations 12, Vand'l 1 3 extend; z I i ingffron the annular-grooves 16l into the' anlli.

cess and provided with a central feed perfor .14 and the nut 15 are suitablylpsecured in the v.openings 2and. 3L of theuharpso as to be! flange 81 intogthe center offthegsleeve 8.'1 e upper endiof -fthebore 9 yis;enlaige'd andi() indicates aV tnberttingfiiito" such enlarged;

'andubentferward in ai-directiomopposite tof.` i i .theretationfo their-011erwheeliassndated. Y

t0' the. 'tube 10i l 12eme .lBf-iiideaterefiera# tions-formed in the s'lee've85` at :each-side of l theV angefS@ V14 indicates;a-centrahbolt 75" provided l with acylindri'cfal head 41 at one Y end, of the same diameter las. vthe' sleeye p oppositeend of the'fbolt tlgiread` at 142; 15A-indicates Jaeylindrical nguteotf. l the same diameter as thesleeve,8 'llhenutjso n 15 isgsciieyved on'tothethreadedendofthe bolt 14 against'the end of*thesleeve8.'*l4

sleeve 8 into which" the. proj ectionj143 ,When vthe nparts arer assembled. I The b is *provided- With a 'flattened ypetti ing .Aanfoilfspacejbetufeen, the holtlaiid-gthe interior loit the sleeve 8 fro-'rn Which the perfil 1 "indicate annular grooves formed inthe interior` periphery 'of the" trolley vvheelY Y openings in proximity to the outerfi'ac of k thevvlieel. 161indicate`inclined d111ctslead--` f y archannels; vformed byv `"the annularfoil'v v channel 43 and 44. '17 indicates ,anoil vfeed v cliannel extending throughthebolt 14 hav' ing a curved inner end leadingfinto `the duct 11 and an enlarged'outer end 171.r `18 indi?" f cates aninternally threaded recess Surround-` ing theA enlarged end of the duct 17. 19`in'di` I 75' cates a nut threaded into sucht-.enlarged re- .105 i' ration 191 against lwhich a ball'QOisnormally 'seated by means of a spiral compres'-l j sion spring 21. The headed'end .ofthe bolt l i v non-rotatable therein. '22yindicate-"screws by which the members of the trolley wheel 41 and 42 are secured together.

Having described the principal parts involved in my invention I will briefly describe the operation of the same. rOil is fed into,y

the wheel by forcing the tip of the oil can a ainst the' ball 20 land unseating it. The oi passes downwardly from the enlarged portion of the duct 17 through the duct 17 and down'through the duct 11 into the oil channel formed by the grooves 43 and 44. When the wheel is' rotated in the direction of arrow the oil inthe oil channel has a tendency to travel in the same direction and some of the oil which is carried up over the top of the central portion of the wheel is caught by the tube 10 which acts as a scoop feeding the oil down through the duct 9 into the space formed by the flattened portion ,144 of the bolt 14 and the interior periphery of the sleeve 8. The cil then flows longitudinally of this flattened portion to the perforations 12 and 13 and is carried upwardly through such perforations from around the outside of the vsleeve 8 and between it and the central portion or hub of the wheel.

AS before stated the sleeve 8 is held ina stationary position and the central portion of the wheel revolves thereon. Any superfluous oil then passes into the grooves 16 and is carried by circumferential force outwardly through the inclined duct 161 back into the oil channel. By this means it will be seen that those parts of the wheel'and bearing pin, which arey under friction, are kept constantly supplied with oil thereby increasing the life of the wheel and decreasing the cost of up keep. It will be readily understood that vsuch construction might be equally well applied to loose pulleys and devices of a similar class.

Although I have described my invention as applied to trolley wheels it will of course be understood that it may with equal facility be applied to other wheels in which perfect lubrication is essential such as pulleys.

What I claim as my invention is: 1. In a trolley, the combination with a bearing support and the wheel, of an annlllar chamber within the'wheel, a sleeve secured at the ends in the support formingl a bearing on which the wheel rotates, ,and provided with a central radialpassageway apini extending through the sleeve and suitably secured therein and provided with aflattened portion, a scoop extending upwardly from the center of the sleeve and passageway, said scoop communicating with the recess formed by the attened portion of the pin, the sleeve being provided with perforations disposed on eac-h side of the central passageway leading from said .recess tothe outside bearing surface of the sleeve.

2. In a trolley the combination with a n bearin support and the wheel, of an an-` nular c, amber in said wheel, a sleeve secured at the ends in the support forming a bearing on which the wheel rotates and provided with a central radial passageway, a pinex-k tending through the sleeve and suitably secured therein and provided with a flattened portion, a scoop eXtendin the center of the sleeve an passageway, said scoop communicating with the recess formed by the flattened portion of the pin, the sleeve upwardly f frombeing provided with perforations disposed l on each side of the central passageway leading from said recess to the outside bearing surface of the sleeve, said pin having a longitudinal opening extending therethrough with a registering opening leadlng outwardly into the annular chamber. n Y FREDERICK LIVINGSTONE MORRIS.

Witness: y

C. B. ELKrNGToN.

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